Last week, the Titans did a great job of limiting Cam Newton and the Panthers.  The Titans rolled the Panthers, holding Carolina to only a single field goal, 30-3.   A lot of the Tennessee’s defenders credited “spying” on Newton as the biggest reason for their success.  A “spy” play in football is where a single defender’s only job in the play is to shadow the quarterback.  Shadowing the quarterback allows the rest of the defenders to rush without worrying about containing and having the QB break to the outside.

Stephen Tulloch’s performance on Sunday will the be the biggest reason for success or failure for the defense.  Gunthar Cunningham will likely use Tulloch to be the spy on Newton.  So far this year, Tulloch was the spy against Donovan McNabb, Josh Freeman, and Tim Tebow and each time he did a great job.
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